hd sometimes 'hangs' a few seconds

From: Hans Schippers <saintiss gmx net>

To: ext3 users mailinglist <ext3-users redhat com>

Subject: hd sometimes 'hangs' a few seconds

Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 22:38:49 +0200

hi,
I recently changed my filesystem to ext3 (from ext2), and since then, my hard
disk sometimes seems to 'hang' a few seconds (in fact the whole system hangs
then, and only the hd LED is on), before continuing normally... This happens
for example (not always though) when I untar an archive and try to ls in the
newly created directory...
Is there an explanation for this?
And if so, what's the best solution?
(I'm running RH 7.1.94 (roswell))
Sincerely
Hans Schippers